The Morning Buzz: Saturday, December 16, 2023

Your daily briefing on what's going on with Mizzou athletics and how to keep up with the Tigers.

Today is ... National Wreaths Across America Day. It is the culmination of a yearlong mission to remember the fallen, honor those who serve and teach the next generation the value of freedom.

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Today's Schedule:

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Mizzou Results

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Did You Notice?

•  Baseball coach Kerrick Jackson was named Baseball America's Trailblazer of the Year. The first Black baseball head baseball coach in Southeastern Conference history joins a distinguished list of former BA Trailblazers that includes Major League Baseball executives Omar Minaya (2022), Kim Ng (2021) and Jean Afterman (2019), as well as pioneering San Francisco Giants coach Alyssa Nakken (2020).
• Sophomore Kylee Simmons was ranked No. 52 in Top Drawer Soccer's collegiate player rankings. She started 17 games for Mizzou, totaling 1,296 minutes, and led the SEC in points (24), points per game (1.41), goals (11) and goals per game (.65). 
• The Missouri basketball team returns to Kansas City for the first time in four years, meeting Seton Hall on Sunday afternoon. Tipoff at T-Mobile Center is set for 4 p.m. CT on ESPN.

Mizzou Quote of the Day:

“The gift is breaking glass ceilings. The curse is in order for someone else to get this opportunity, it is paramount that I’m successful, and that we’re successful as a staff. Yes, I’ve been challenged with this opportunity to make a way. It’s more the idea of the responsibility that I have to be successful.” — Kerrick Jackson per Baseball America

We'll Leave You With This

First look at @Isiaihletrellm1 on the floor 👀#HerdUp 🦌 pic.twitter.com/ZMNU3eCDgG

— Wisconsin Herd (@WisconsinHerd) December 16, 2023

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